GRE Word List
AMALGAM
a mixture of different elements
The meaning of the word amalgam is a mixture of different elements.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| vociferous | marked by or given to vehement insistent outcry |
| travail | work especially of a painful or laborious nature : toil |
| emblazon | to inscribe or adorn with or as if with heraldic bearings or devices |
| concede | to acknowledge grudgingly or hesitantly |
| marred | to ruin or diminish the perfection or wholeness of : spoil |
| recurrent | running or turning back in a direction opposite to a former course |
| refrain | curb |
| shrew | any of a family (Soricidae) of small chiefly nocturnal insectivores related to the moles and distinguished by a long pointed snout, very small eyes, and short velvety fur |
| chorus | a company of singers and dancers in Athenian drama participating in or commenting on the action |
| lunatic | affected with a severely disordered state of mind : insane |